After chatting happily with Mr. Lu for half an hour, the host and guest enjoyed themselves. Su Ningxin felt that Mr. Lu was a kind little old man who was not as difficult to get along with as the last time she saw him. It was probably because of the different stances at that time, and she This was not Mr. Lu’s original intention.
Mr. Lu felt that Shen Qing was a gentle and polite young man who spoke elegantly and behaved dignifiedly, much better than his monkey-like apprentice.
Chu Jihan was the only one with a numb face. He not only had to face Shen Qing's duplicity, but also had to be looked down upon by his master from time to time. Didn't the master pride himself on being an accurate judge of people? Can't you see that the guy in front of you is just pretending
"It's getting late, so I'll take my leave now. I'll talk to Master Lu for a few more games if I have the chance." Shen Qing finally stood up and left.
Chu Jihan jumped up and was so frightened that Mr. Lu and Su Ningxin looked at him with incomprehensible expressions. Mr. Lu wanted to give him a slap in the face to let him know what a master was, but he couldn't bear it because someone was there.
"Brother Shen," Chu Jihan suddenly smiled, "I heard you say that you admired Mr. Lu's calligraphy and painting when we were in the teahouse. Why did you come back to Lu's house empty-handed today?"
Su Ningxin: "???"
Mr. Lu: "???" Suddenly he had a bad feeling.
Chu Jihan showed a smile, which was full of evil intentions in Mr. Lu's eyes, "When I just entered the door, I saw Brother Shen looking at this picture of green mountains and autumn water. I think Brother Shen likes it very much. How about Brother Shen take it back and enjoy it?" ?”
"This... is not good." Su Ningxin said hesitantly.
[Happiness comes so suddenly that some people can’t react.]
"There's nothing wrong with it. Mr. Lu is not that stingy. Just take it." Chu Jihan said, stepping on the stool to pick off the painting of green mountains and autumn water, and stuffed it into Su Ning's heart.
After finishing the stuffing, he didn’t stop and rushed to the other side to copy the preface to the Lanting Collection. He also said, "Mr. Lu likes to give calligraphy and paintings to juniors. Don't you think so, Mr. Lu?"
The things hanging in the living room are all Mr. Lu's proud works, but Mr. Lu is the person who cares about face the most, and he will never say no at this time and appear stingy.
He could only resist the urge to hang Chu Jihan up and beat him, and forced out a smile, "Little friend Shen Qing, take it. I drew it all by myself, and it's not worth a lot of money."
Su Ningxin stood there blankly, looking at more and more scrolls in her arms. There were only three words in her mind: Make a lot of money.
When she could no longer hold her anymore, Su Ningxin finally realized her conscience, "That's enough, that's enough. This is Mr. Lu's hard work. I can't help but take it away."
At this time, Mr. Lu's heart was indeed bleeding, but he still managed to hold on and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm in love with my little friend. Apart from these calligraphy and paintings, I don't have any gifts that I can give, so I just take it."
"Then... the elder dared not refuse the gift, so Qing accepted it."
[Oh My God! Are all these great men of letters so generous? I remember that there are many literati in Jiangnan, so I won’t let them go if I go there in the future.]
Chu Jihan listened to Shen Qing's thoughts, and there was a crow flying above his head. It's me you should be grateful for. Well, if it were another great scholar, let alone giving it to you, he wouldn't even show it to you.
Just as he was thinking about it, Chu Jihan couldn't help but shudder, and he didn't even dare to turn around to look at his master. Chu Jihan immediately said with a desire for survival, "Brother Shen, I have a cruel request..."
[In the teahouse, you were so merciless in trying to trick me, and now here you are again, your merciless invitations are too many.]
Because of Shen Qing's influence, Chu Jihan paused for a moment. He coughed in embarrassment to cover it up, "Ahem, Brother Shen is like this. I was entrusted by Magistrate Lu of Daming Prefecture to come to Xingyuan to investigate some things. The Xuese Chamber of Commerce has always I’m well informed, Brother Shen is the head of the Chamber of Commerce, can you help me?”
[Prefect Lu? How come, the official tea matter involves the Lu family? But there is only Mr. Lu in the old house of Xingyuan Mansion, who is idle at home, so how can he be involved?]
With such doubts in his mind, Shen Qing had an easy-to-talk expression on his face, "Brother Ji, there's no need to be polite. Since I'm helping Mr. Lu do something, I should naturally do my best."
Chu Jihan had already ignored Shen Qing's answer, and there were only two words left in his mind that struck like a bell, official tea!
Why does this involve official tea? It was agreed that he would investigate private tea? The emperor lied to him
No way, can an emperor be so bad
Chu Jihan didn't think an emperor could be very kind, but he was sure that an emperor would not do anything that harmed others and was not beneficial to himself, so deceiving him would not do any good to the emperor.
Even the emperor thought it was a private tea case, but Shen Qing in front of him thought it involved official tea. Is he really on the same side as the emperor
These questions cannot be resolved, and Chu Jihan's guesses are useless. He can only verify them slowly by himself, "Since Brother Shen agrees, I won't be polite and will stay in Brother Shen's Chamber of Commerce for a while."
Su Ningxin: "..." Meow, meow, meow? When did I agree to let you live in the Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Lu didn't even care about the presence of outsiders, his eyes widened. In order to avoid being beaten by him, this little bastard actually wanted to go out and live! It seems that the wings are stiff.
"Brother Ji, if you don't mind, come and stay at the Chamber of Commerce. I'll ask them to prepare a place for Brother Ji." Su Ning thought about it and agreed.
Since Ji Chu is here to investigate the leak of official tea, Xueshe Chamber of Commerce will definitely not be able to escape and will be investigated. Instead of hiding, it is better to let him investigate openly. Uncle Qin has already investigated the Chamber of Commerce, and he has never been able to catch him. To what extent.
Even if he took a step back and found out that someone from the Chamber of Commerce was bringing in private tea, this trivial matter was not worth mentioning in the face of such a heinous official tea leak.
Taking a step back, he reported the private tea case to the police. There were so many powerful bosses behind him, so he was still worried that he would not be able to settle this matter
From this, Su Ningxin came to the conclusion, "Just live together, it won't affect my pension money anyway."
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Even though she was mentally prepared, when Su Ningxin went out with a bunch of calligraphy and paintings in her arms and Chu Jihan beside her, she still couldn't react.
Didn't she make it clear? Didn't he agree to let someone clean up the place before he can move in? Why is he so anxious
Although there was a slight accident, it did not affect Su Ningxin's overall plan. She took Chu Jihan back to the Chamber of Commerce, introduced him to Uncle Qin, and asked Uncle Qin to arrange a place for him. Su Ningxin returned with Shuangbai. The Su family is here.
It was already getting late, and Su Ningxin didn’t plan to live outside. There was nothing wrong with going out for fun. Nanny and Shuanghua could still cope with it, but if they didn’t go back, people would inevitably notice it, and it would be hard to explain then. .
He poked his head out from the wall to take a look, and found an unoccupied corner of the yard. Su Ningxin and Shuangbai flew to the ground, then walked a few steps to the rear window of the Buddhist hall, and climbed through the window neatly.
Shuanghua, who was still embroidering, looked up at the two of them with a warm smile. Before Su Ningxin could ask any questions, she said everything she wanted to know, "The girl is back. Everything is fine in the yard. It's just that the third lady and Mrs. Aunt Zhao is making a fuss over there."
(End of chapter)